Re:Three Myths About Porn
by jackchristopher on Monday December 22, 2008 @02:33PM
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The idea of super stimuli was the most valuable, but I can't find much on it.
It's also called, "supernormal stimuli", "supernormal releaser" or just "super releaser". It's defining quality is that it invokes a "fixed action pattern", or hard-wired response. But as you increase the stimulant the response goes into overdrive, or becomes maladapative.
Not everything can be considered super stimulus. But certainly a lot can be.
It's also called, "supernormal stimuli", "supernormal releaser" or just "super releaser". It's defining quality is that it invokes a "fixed action pattern", or hard-wired response. But as you increase the stimulant the response goes into overdrive, or becomes maladapative.
Not everything can be considered super stimulus. But certainly a lot can be.
What other things are super stimuli?